# getting info off of a dead HD **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930 "2006-11-08T20:48:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/1 "2006-11-08T20:48:58Z")
my GF’s hard Drive went today and she has a bunch of school papers saved on there that she needs how can i get them off of it? could i just take it out and plug it into my computer? windows wont start up and i get a HD error when i do the HP diagnostics (sp?) scan ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/2 "2006-11-08T21:06:57Z")
Does the drive sound like it’s spinning up? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/3 "2006-11-08T21:13:12Z")
you hear any clicking noises or anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/4 "2006-11-08T21:35:23Z")
no, no clicking noises or anything everything sounds normal. HP is sending a new HD as we speak ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/5 "2006-11-08T23:26:26Z")
toss the drive in an external enclosure… see what happens… or use a boot able cd like knoppix and ftp it off to some other person’s computer… or burn what you want onto cd’s or wait til the new drive comes in … install the OS on that one … set the old drive as a slave and transfer the shit off… if it works any method above will work… if it doesn’t you are probably fucked in the bum and all is lost ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/6 "2006-11-09T04:50:16Z")
If you want to bring it by later after work I can see what I can pull off of the drive for you. ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/7 "2006-11-09T05:11:21Z")
Locutus ftw. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/8 "2006-11-09T05:44:06Z")
If you have another computer that boots just hook the bad drive up as a slave. About 50% of the time you can boot up and get some data off the drive. If it’s not completely shot and windows can see it you should find a new drive in My Computer. The drive letter will be the next letter after your existing HD’s. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/9 "2006-11-09T05:52:03Z")
> [@87FOXGT](#): > > Locutus ftw. :word: If it can be recovered he can do it. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/10 "2006-11-09T06:24:42Z")
pay for a copy of spinrite. I’m serious. It will chug along and recover data in almost all cases. [http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm](http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm) If it doesn’t work just email the guys and tell them you want a refund, and you will get it. The last time i did a spinrite recovery, it took 3 soild days for the program to get all the data but it did. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/11 "2006-11-09T11:04:21Z")
As has been said, hook it up on as a secondary drive, copy & paste. If the hdd spins up, most of the time this will work. If its dead-ass lame, contact locutus… just ask him to ignore the kiddie porn. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-info-off-of-a-dead-hd/19930/12 "2006-11-09T12:42:03Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > just ask him to ignore the kiddie porn. lol no kiddie porn on my GF’s computer i know that for sure